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Opener 5 Minutes

(Name, Grade) Choose one of the questions and rephrase to show you interpret it.

Ex. What is working well in this area? → "When do students thrive as readers as writers."

Input 5-8 Minutes

Write Responses to any of the questions

Review 5-8 Minutes

Read the Responses. Click the {Heart} to like a responses that resonates with you.

Discussion 20 Minutes

Add additional ideas that emerge from discussion

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Twig was/is an easy curriculum to

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Due to FTDL, we had to supply the students with individual materials to participate in all the experiments. However, looking a head, these will be done in groups or pairs. Hoping we will be able to do that 21/22.

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Not many good things that are working well this curriculum. It needs to be replaced or have alternative curriculum. Most of my planning for Social Studies is done without the use of the textbook or curriculum. However, it was a learning took, students were able to have a conversation about what was culturally wrong or dated about the textbook.

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Does not have culturally responsive lessons.

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the videos that we've been accessing through TWIG

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the videos that we've been accessing through TWIG

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We are working with a very old SS textbook/curriculum. It would be great to have updated curriculum that would reflect the indigenous and social justice movements that are currently happening, alongside the past history we are required to teach.

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We should be looking at history from multiple perspectives. Our curriculum should be culturally relevant and reflective of our students.

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There are a lot of hands-on Twig activities that require supplies that are not in the kits. Additional funds or centrally-purchased supplies are needed to ensure teachers can teach all the lessons without spending their own money

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With a new social studies curriculum on the horizon that is hopefully a lot more culturally responsive, I think it will be important to be transparent with families about shifts in content. I also think it is super important to partner with families and make sure that aspects of our students' cultures are integrated into our social studies instruction.

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curriculum has to be adopted that is not written from a biased point of view

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Science, especially hands on, is much more effective with smaller classes and groups

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If we are adopting new anti-racist curriculum, then we will need to educate our parent community as well.

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Current curricula, even though we are teaching in the past.

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Our greater focus on culturally responsive teaching in social studies has to be mirrored in our language arts as well (since Benchmark integrates social studies concepts).

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New curriculum should reflect ABAR values and perspectives. Instruction in this content area should discuss current events and social justice movements.

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the twig DL lessons were good. I'm not sure how much the kids learned from them, but I sure learned a lot!

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I think we should review potential social studies curricula against the Teaching for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) Social Justice standards. They really nicely lay out a framework for thinking about identity, diversity, justice, and action in all grade levels.

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I'm very happy with the DL lessons we've been provided this year and could envision incorporating them into lessons for next year, along with hands-on opportunities for my students.

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would allow teachers to differentiate, to work with small groups

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the videos from Twig were well done, used grade appropriate language to explain phenomena, and the experiments always worked.

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So many options with the DL and the regular curriculum and access to books online.

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Through a worldly view. Coming back to the map constantly and trying to find examples of standards that can taught through a world lens.

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I loved the comment someone made in the "supports" column about a SS curriculum that is more project based, rather than the textbook learning we have now.

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In order to truly address the needs of many of our students, especially in our Title I schools, smaller classes are necessary. We can't claim to be culturally responsive if we are not able to respond to the needs of our students in huge classes and if we allow the same students who are historically ignored to continue to fall through the cracks because teachers are unable to address all the needs in their rooms

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How can we re-evaluate Benchmark to make sure it aligns with the direction we are going? (as most of the Benchmark units align with Social Studies/Science)

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District should provide ABAR professional development so that problematic lessons are not taught. A curriculum will never be perfect.

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What about having a team of ABAR-minded teachers come together to create a curriculum? The way SFUSD did with math? It would be a huge undertaking but I think there are enough dedicated and thoughtful teachers who would be willing to take this on. And if it's ours, we could edit it and update it as needed as we learn more.

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SS should be project-based, reflective of new frameworks and reps a wide perspective, not just the white power structure

There is no perfect curriculum - invest in PD

Instructional routines...like we have in math and ELA (current events, timelines, etc - check Refletions for ideas)
Benchmark should be looked at...it might say SS standards but sometimes misses the mark. Not all Benchmark is cultraully responsive

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Class size is a way for us to be culturally responsive in outr T1 schools that serve the most vulnerable students

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What can we start doing now? LIke Twig's News Reporter

What we have is old.

Can we hire a SS TOSA to lead the PD?

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We had PD for TWIG at the end of last school year/early summer. After a year of DL it feel centuries ago. With there DL component, I don't feel like I've really utilize everything. I would like TWIG PD as we head into the new school year. I think since we have all experienced TWIG this past year, this could be less about framework and scope and more about hands on, lesson planning, and practical examples of carrying out a TWIG Module.

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To help dive into the science topics more and provide hands on experiences. Also, for SS to help deepen critical thinking in SS topics.